Midtown Church

We double back in this week's sermon and look at the Christmas Encounters in Luke. This week's text is actually a pre encounter between Jesus and Mary where Mary magnifies God for the great things He has done and what He.offers to all in the coming of Jesus. https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this passage Jesus encounters two disciples who have left Jerusalem for Emmaus. They left hopeless and despondent because Jesus had been killed and their dreams had been shattered. And yet, along the way Jesus rescues them from their spiritual blindness and reveals Himself in the Scriptures and the breaking of the bread, showing them that it was necessary for Jesus to suffer and then enter...

This message addresses one of the things theologians, academics and historians have wrestled with over the centuries: who was responsible for the death of Jesus? Did religion kill Jesus, or did politics kill Jesus, or did the people kill Jesus? And why did they kill Jesus? Was it because He was a blasphemer? Or was it because of the threat of insurrection? Or did it come because He was such a...

It is Jesus alone that seeks and saves the lost, the least likely, and makes them trophies of his amazing grace. To God be the Glory! https://mtownchurch.ca/

In our text a woman stands upright for the first time in eighteen years. Miraculously healed, in her joy she praises God! But an indignant voice cuts through the joy.”There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” The Sabbath was never intended as a burden. Its original God given purpose was to remind us of his grace, and to point us to Jesus Christ, the ult...

This passage records the encounter of two very different people but both equally desperate. One whose 12-year-old daughter is dying and the other who had been hemorrhaging for 12 years. That was their common ground, the threat of death. And both risked alienation and ridicule from the crowds and in faith came to Jesus. Along the way Jesus reveals what His salvific healing brings and His relationsh...

Guest speaker, Bill Hogg This short encounter is a tale of two sisters and a study in contrasts. It raises unsettling questions: Are you devoted or are you distracted? Are you living a called life or a driven life? In this ancient yet timely Jesus encounter, the LORD Jesus extends an invitation to be set free from striving and to enjoy communion and intimate friendship with Him. We are reminded th...

In this week's message we look at two entirely different people who have an encounter with Jesus. Two classes, two backgrounds, two genders but both needing the grace and forgiveness of Jesus. One receives that grace and the other doesn't. This message answers why. https://mtownchurch.ca/

‘Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?’ This was John's question to Jesus in Luke 7:20. Jesus doesn't seem to be living up to John's expectations of what the Messiah should look and act like. We often have questions that cause us to doubt that Jesus is who he says he is. https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this passage Jesus has an encounter with a Roman centurion (although they never meet face to face), where we discover the unusual faith of the centurion and the equally bewildering unbelief of those who should have known better. In the process we also learn from the centurion's humility as well as the similarities and differences of worldly authority and the authority of Jesus. https:...

In this passage from Luke Jesus encounters a paralytic where we are taught much about faith and who Jesus is. Jesus is not a mere miracle worker but God alone who has the power to not only heal us physically but spiritually too. https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this message Jesus encounters Peter and moves him from observer of Jesus to leaving everything behind and following Him. It's a move Jesus calls all of His followers to.  https://mtownchurch.ca/

In a new fall series we're calling, "The Jesus Encounters," we're going to look at various encounters Jesus has in the gospel of Luke and see what we can learn from him and about him. In this kick off message we actually look at three encounters Jesus has in Luke 4 where he reveals himself as deliverer, healer and proclaimer. https://mtownchurch.ca/

Thankfulness was David's response to God's rescue in Psalm 34. What can we learn from him? How should we respond to God's rescue of us? https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this message we take a break from our prayer series and address the topic of "community." What are the biblical reasons for community, why do we need it and why should the local church pursue it are some of the questions this message addresses? https://mtownchurch.ca/

As important as knowing how to pray is knowing who we’re praying to. In this message we look at the story of Hagar, a woman ostracized but met by a God who saw her and came to her in her hurt. https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this message we look at the sweet and anguishing prayer of Hannah, a prayer that stands out for its honesty and earnestness. We finish by seeing how God heard and “remembers” Hannah and how her prayer, humanly speaking, changed the course of history for God’s people. https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this message in our series, Honest to God, we look at Moses' prayer of intercession for an idolatrous Israel. In it we will see the danger of impatience, how gifts become idols, the test of an angry God and the intercession of a mediator. An intercession that is to point us to Jesus and serve as an example in how to pray. https://mtownchurch.ca/

What are you praying for right now, asking the Lord to take from you? I don't know if He will answer your specific prayer but He will answer; His answer may be unexpected but His grace will be sufficient. We all want revelations and visions, and they are gifts from God when they come, but so are thorns. Thorns reveal the sufficient grace of God. https://mtownchurch.ca/

Acts 12 begins with the death of James and ends with the death of Herod and the word of God increasing. In between is the rescue of Peter from prison as the church prayed for him. In this message we look specifically at the ways the church prayed and what their prayer resulted in. https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this message we address the frequently asked question, "how do we keep on praying when God seems to be so uninterested and answers "no" so often?" Jesus addresses this very real issue head on in the parable of the persistent widow. https://mtownchurch.ca/

How we approach God is just as important as what we ask for. Do you approach God as your friend or? Also, in our text, Jesus is making a contrast to show us that God who is our Father is noting like the man in the text, and if the guy would get up and five his friend bread, how much more will your heavenly Father hear and give us what we plead for, no matter what time of the day or night you call....

In this message we kick off a summer series on prayer and consider some causes for prayerlessness. We end by looking at what Jesus said is of greatest importance when we pray. https://mtownchurch.ca/

In this message we finish off our series in Ephesians by looking at the call to pray in the midst of the battle we fight. We learn that prayer isn't an additional piece of armour but what undergirds, supports and connects all the amour together.  https://mtownchurch.ca/

As we begin to wrap up our series in Ephesians we continue to dig deep into the topic of spiritual warfare. In this message we look specifically at how we not only protect ourselves from the enemy but in doing so, advance the cause of Christ.   https://mtownchurch.ca/